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Lana Del Rey seems to be bothering everybody because she allegedly 'remade' herself from a folk singing, girl-next-door type into an electro-urban kitty cat on the prowl (of course I like her), and they feel she is inauthentic.
Liz Phair

Meaning of "folk singing" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FOLK SINGING

folk singing  [fəʊk ˈsɪŋɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FOLK SINGING

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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Folk singing is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FOLK SINGING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of folk singing in the English dictionary

The definition of folk singing in the dictionary is the activity of singing folk songs or other songs in the folk idiom.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FOLK SINGING


bell-ringing
bɛlˈrɪŋɪŋ
blinging
ˈblɪŋɪŋ
clinging
ˈklɪŋɪŋ
gunslinging
ˈɡʌnˌslɪŋɪŋ
minging
ˈmɪŋɪŋ
mudslinging
ˈmʌdˌslɪŋɪŋ
pinging
ˈpɪŋɪŋ
ringing
ˈrɪŋɪŋ
singing
ˈsɪŋɪŋ
springing
ˈsprɪŋɪŋ
stinging
ˈstɪŋɪŋ
swinging
ˈswɪŋɪŋ
upbringing
ˈʌpˌbrɪŋɪŋ
wringing
ˈrɪŋɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FOLK SINGING

folk
folk art
folk dance
folk dancing
folk etymology
folk hero
folk medicine
folk memory
folk music
folk singer
folk song
folk story
folk tale
folk weave
folk wisdom
folk-dance
folk-rock
Folkestone
Folketing
folkie

WORDS THAT END LIKE FOLK SINGING

avenging
banging
belonging
challenging
changing
community singing
cringing
flanging
flower arranging
game-changing
gang-banging
hand-wringing
longing
managing
overhanging
paperhanging
plunging
thronging
unchanging
wall hanging
wide-ranging

Synonyms and antonyms of folk singing in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «folk singing» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FOLK SINGING

Find out the translation of folk singing to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of folk singing from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «folk singing» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

民族唱法
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

canto popular
570 millions of speakers

English

folk singing
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लोक गायन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الغناء الشعبي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

народное пение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cantares alentejanos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

লোক গান গাওয়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

chant folklorique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Nyanyian rakyat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Volksgesang
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

民謡を歌うこと
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

민요
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nyanyi rakyat
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ca hát dân gian
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நாட்டுப்புற பாடல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लोक गायन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Halk şarkısı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

canto popolare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

śpiew ludowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

народний спів
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cantece folk
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λαϊκό τραγούδι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

folk sing
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

folksång
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

folk sang
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of folk singing

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FOLK SINGING»

The term «folk singing» is normally little used and occupies the 114.022 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FOLK SINGING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «folk singing» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «folk singing» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about folk singing

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2 QUOTES WITH «FOLK SINGING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word folk singing.
1
Jamie Campbell Bower
I'm working on my music a lot, like folk singing, guitar. It's sort of rocky, folky, alty, angsty. I'm putting a lot of energy into that. I write pretty much all the time.
2
Liz Phair
Lana Del Rey seems to be bothering everybody because she allegedly 'remade' herself from a folk singing, girl-next-door type into an electro-urban kitty cat on the prowl (of course I like her), and they feel she is inauthentic.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FOLK SINGING»

Discover the use of folk singing in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to folk singing and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Spiritual folk singing: Nordic and Baltic Protestant traditions
In some cases, musical traditions still alive date back to the 16th Century. In this book spiritual folk singing traditions form the Nordic-Baltic area are presented as a common theme for the very first time.
Kirsten Sass Bak, Svend Nielsen, 2006
2
You Can Teach Yourself Folk Singing Guitar
FOLK GUITAR/METHOD M894718 Mel Bay's YOU CAN TEACH YOURSELF“) FOLK SINGING GUITAR by Jerry Silvemlan I' phi“: - - "'9 . f' . 1 h L MEL BAY ARCHIVE EDITIONS MEL BAY PUBLICATIONS, INC. 0 #4 INDUSTRIAL DRIVE 0 ...
Jerry Silverman, 2010
3
Greenwich Village - the Happy Folk Singing Days 50S And 60S
Folk singing began in Washington Square just after World War II, and became increasingly popular in the 19505. Folksingers gathered in Washington Square Park from 1:00 to 6:00 pm. on Sunday afternoons, which was the time specified by ...
Madeline MacNeil, Ralph Lee Smith, 2010
4
A History of European Folk Music
Folk song collections often give the impression that folk singing was a solo art and that folk songs were performed by a single vocalist. Although there was quite a lot of this kind of performance, there is also a great deal of evidence for ...
‎1997
5
Singing Out : An Oral History of America's Folk Music ...
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2000. “Folk Singing: Sibyl with Guitar.” Time (November 23, 1962). www.time.com/ time/magazine/article/0,9171, 829501,00.html Foner, Phillip. American Labor Songs of the Nineteenth Century.
David King Dunaway Professor of English University of New Mexico, Molly Beer freelance writer University of New Mexico, 2010
6
Journal of Education Culture and Society 2013_1:
Due to the critical age of our informants and lack of those who still practice folk singing we were able to record choir singing only in five villages under study. In other cases we had to avail ourselves of solo singing and/or recording the lyrics ...
Jacek Gulanowski, Ewa Jurczyk- Romanowska, Joanna Golonka- Legut, 2013
7
Exploring American Folk Music: Ethnic, Grassroots, and ...
A lack of literacy effected the lining out style, which encouraged more ornate singing from the congregation. All of these factors contributed to a unique, identifiable Anglo-American style of religious folk singing by the early eighteenth century.
Kip Lornell, 2012
8
Negro Folk Singing Games and Folk Games of the Habitants;
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Grace Cleveland Porter, Harvey Worthington Loomis, 2010
9
Comparison of Learning Classical Singing Between European ...
The folk singing of a Chinese opera singer must not really show how competent her singing is with European vibrato because the folk character would be lost. Instead, she would use the Chinese ways of vibration with Chinese folk 31 and ...
Zhong Jun Shen, Peter Simon, 2011
10
The Columbia Anthology of Chinese Folk and Popular Literature
From all accounts, folk singing was common in many parts ofthe area in the first halfofthe twentieth century, before industrialization and political changes put an end to the tradition. Singing used to be particularly popular during the communal  ...
Victor H. Mair, Mark Bender, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FOLK SINGING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term folk singing is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Three city roads named after prominent personalities - Daily Times
... the field of Urdu literature and folk singing respectively. The CDA had named the roads of the city in the name of renowned personalities and ... «Daily Times, Jul 15»
2
Influx of non-locals and demand to enforce ILPS... Eminent …
Noted singer Laishram Birendrakumar said that most of the singers of Manipur do not have the knowledge of folk singing. It is the fallout of the ... «The Sangai Express, Jul 15»
3
Johnny Appleseed play looks to supplant dismissive tales
Saturdays will feature folk singing with Johnny Appleseed, and Sundays will have scarecrow building and Native American face-painting. «Tribune-Review, Jul 15»
4
In memoriam : Anniversary of folk singer Mai Bhagi
... contributions in the field of folk singing. The fans including the officials of Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) termed the folk singer ... «The Express Tribune, Jul 15»
5
Folk Singer Mai Bhagi's death anniversary observed
... folk singer Mai Bhagi was observed on Tuesday as her fans remembered her contributions in the field of folk singing. The fans including the ... «Business Recorder, Jul 15»
6
Remembering Music Legends We've Lost So Far in 2015 -- From BB …
... of its most singular and spectacular voices, Sledge and Cocker; two great proselytizers of folk songs and folk singing, Ritchie and Carawan. «AlterNet, Jul 15»
7
Death anniversary of folk singer Allan Faqir being observed today
Allan Faqir-the singer of 'Humma Humma (Allah allah kar bhyyia), a fusion of pop and folk singing, not only took Pakistan to the centre of the ... «Radio Pakistan, Jul 15»
8
Aono Jikken Ensemble scores Yasujiro Ozu's masterpiece, 'A Story …
Naho allows us to not only do benshi bilingually but as a singer allows us to tackle genres like minyo, a difficult style of folk singing, and revive ... «The International Examiner, Jul 15»
9
Balancing music, comedy and more
According to Thomason, a bit featuring a folk singing trio was added to the show a few years back when Sifford returned to the show. “We loved ... «Branson Tri-Lakes news, Jul 15»
10
Life and Arts Announcements
Sing Out Knoxville: Folk singing circle open to everyone, 7-9 p.m. Sunday, July 12, Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 2931 ... «Knoxville News Sentinel, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Folk singing [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/folk-singing>. May 2024 ».
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